Las Venturas Playground News & Updates

The Las Venturas Playground Crew wishes you a Happy New Year and would like to thank you all for your continuous support. Let's also continue in the new year with lots of fun, new developments and we'd love to keep on greeting you in-game. :)

Besides our wishes we would also like to wish the best to our newest member of the management. As a New Year's present Matrix is now promoted to management. As part of the management he will be working closely with Joe to ensure that everything will continue to run smoothly for both our lovely players and crew.

We've been aware that the music available on LVP Radio hasn't beenÂ exactly... satisfactory to all our players. While there are good reasons for this, it's definitely not ideal. Today, I'm happy to make two small announcements.

Rudolph has hijacked the radio.Â The best Christmas songs are now continuously playing on Las Venturas Playground, since we're convinced you haven't been sufficiently pissed off by them yet through other radio and TV channels.

We'll change the default back to another channel after the Christmas holidays.

However, if Christmas songs aren't your cup of tea either, you can now switch to a selection of radio channels.Â The "[font=Courier New]/radio settings[/font]"Â command lists a selection of channels to choose from, although you can also disable it altogether.

The available channels certainly are up for discussions, so please feel free to reply to this thread with your favourite (internet) radio channel and we'll consider adding it to the list. Depending on the number of suggestions, we may end up having a vote.

Las Venturas Playground's gamemode has become bigger and bigger over the past ~11 years with thousands of commits in the past year or two alone, and keeping up with all the latest and greatest feature enhancements can be a challenge. As such, I figured it may be handy to write this thread to share some of LVP's features that you may never know existed!

Commands

/hsEver sniped someone and wondered if your shot registered? There's an way to do just that thanks to /hs. Any shots that hit your opponent will generate a sound

/settingsThis command isn't too well known and provides some basic functionality for those who want a more "minimal" experience. This command has three options: infomsg, newsmsg, showmsg

/settings infomsg [on/off] - this will toggle the automatic messages such as "Save money and stats! Register your nickname at www.sa-mp.nl", "Be part of our community and stay updated with the latest news at forum.sa-mp.nl!", etc.

/settings newsmsg [on/off] - this will toggle notices that appear at the bottom of your screen, such as:

/ignore, /unignore, /ignoredIn the event that someone is annoying you, or you just don't wish to speak to them, these commands will do exactly as they say on the tin, and block communications (both chat & PM) from any player of your choice.

/mySome of the things you do in game can be tailored towards you. Among the options are /my spawnmoney, to allow you to choose exactly how much cash you'll spawn with and /my deathmessage, to display personalized text that will appear on the screen of any players you kill. Other options include /my minigame, allowing you to chose between either the uzi or tec9 for the FightClub and /sawnoff minigame and so on. Type "/my" whilst ingame to check out the full listing! VIP's have additional features such as the ability to change the weather and time, disable their teleport, etc.

/hitman, /bounties, /wantedWith the /hitman command, you can place a "bounty" on a player's head. This will reward the killer of said player with an amount of money that is chosen by the player that creates the bounty. Those with bounties on their head can be identified using the /bounties command. Players listed under /wanted are those who have achieved a kill streak. The higher their wanted level, the more money you'll receive for killing them!

/countdown, /cdInstead of using the main chat as a form of countdown, the /countdown (/cd) commands will allow you to create a timer of anywhere up to 10 seconds which will display orange "GO" text at the end.

/locateWant to hunt down a player? /locate is perfect for doing just that. This command will allow you to view a player's world, vehicle (or on foot) and approximate location.

/locationsThis command will display a full list of the areas that you can teleport to with the /tow and /taxi commands. For example /tow 9 or /taxi 9 will take you to the Los Santos Airport.

/minigamesFor a full listing of every minigame of every type (Deathmath, Races, etc), the /minigames command is what you need!

Special Properties

read-group-chat | Seti @ Home SatelliteGrants owners of the property which curates this feature the ability to read conversationsÂ happening in group and gang chats. This is exposed to users as "read-group-chat".

vehicle-modifications | LV TransfenderThe owner of the property with this flag will get some money every time a player modifies their vehicle, which could be a new paintjob or other modifications.

customtax-airport | LV AirportOwners of this property should be able to modify the so called 'custom tax' and have free access themselves to the airport this property belongs to.

bombshop | LV Bomb ShopLVP features a bombshop property, which will keep the owner up to date of every bomb sale that is being made.

free-teleport | Area 69 Control TowerBuyers of this property will be able to keep track of teleports all around LVP, while having the ability to teleport for free.

loans | LV Main BankOwners of the bank property are able to make money with so called loans: money borrowed by players that has to be paid back with a certain interest. The property owner is able to change this interest and keep track of every loan made.

bar | The Craw BarBar owners will receive a certain amount of money for every drink a player bought.

kaufman-cabs | Kaufman CabsLVP has one taxi company called: Kaufman Cabs. The owner of this company is able to change the taxi price, have free taxi rides and track taxi usage of other players.

police | SAPDOwners of the police property receive money for every shot criminal.

export | LV ExportsExporting players will let the owner of the export property receive money for every export.

armour | Ammu-NationOwners of this property will receive a certain amount of armour every now and then.

health | Fort Carson Medical CenterOwners of this property will receive a certain amount of health every now and then.

weapons-ammo | Shooting RangeOwners of this property will receive a certain amount of weapons and ammo every now and then.

health-protection | LVP HeadquartersOwners of this property will receive a certain amount of health every now and then. In addition, if owners are nearby this property, nobody will be able to buy it from them.

Pickups

There are currently four different pickups:

Health

Armour

Ammo

Money

Owners of these statues/pickups will receive complimentary health, armour, ammo or money for each kill they make. They can be located using your radar/map. You may find that other players posses them, in which case, killing said players will force them to drop the statue, allowing you to collect them!

If you've any questions about these features or anything else you'd like to know about Las Venturas Playground, please say so!

Without further ado, I present to you the newest members of the crew team, both have shown dedication and interest in helping grow and maintaining a safe, secure and fair gameplay for every LVP regular every time they have been given temporary rights. And today we are honored to welcome both Humza and Finisha as we agreed they would be a great addition to team as well as making a longer admin coverage over a different timezones. Well earned and congratulations!

Hello, everyone. Today, we share a different type of announcement with you all.

After 10 months of being a part of our crew, Deer_Hunter will no longer be an administrator on Las Venturas Playground. This decision was not made lightlyâthe voice of the community and various analyses were taken into account, alongside a multitude of discussions. We will not be disclosing all reasoning that led to this final decision, but do be aware that itÂ is final.

We would like to sincerely thank Deer_Hunter for his contributions and efforts made to the Las Venturas Playground community, as this decision has no bearing on the good that he brought. Lastly, although he may be leaving our crew, he will always be welcome on our server and forum.

As is traditional at this time of year, we've lifted all bans (with a few exceptions - said people will most likely know why) and anyone previously banned is now welcome to play at Las Venturas Playground once again!

The latest revision of our rules are as follows:

Cheats or modifications that grant an advantage over other players are forbiddenNo excessive swearing, flaming, or racismAvoid the use of constant CAPS while speaking in the main chatDO NOT evade death by means of quitting and re-joining, running into interiors, or using commandsDO NOT abuse bugs and/or commands â c-bug and 2-shot are permittedDO NOT harm a cruise in any wayDO NOT spam

Furthermore, we'd like to welcome [BB]Edz to the Crew - congratulations buddy! :)